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Media Statement
By
Dato’ Seri Mustapa Mohamed
Minister of International Trade and Industry
Malaysia makes gains in the latest World Competitiveness Yearbook 2014
by the Institute for Management Development (IMD)

The Institute for Management Development (IMD), World Competitiveness Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland in its latest report World Competitiveness Yearbook 2014 ranked Malaysia at 12th position among 60 economies. This was an improvement as Malaysia was ranked 15th in 2013. This means that Malaysia remains among the top 15 most competitive nations that include USA, Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sweden, Germany, Canada, UAE, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Taiwan, Netherlands and Ireland. This is our best performance in the last 4 years (2011, 16th)
Malaysia continues to be ahead of United Kingdom (16th), Australia (17th), Finland (18th), New Zealand (20th), Japan (21st) and Korea (26th). A summary of Malaysia’s achievements are listed as follows:
In the...

AIPUR (Rajasthan), Jan 16 (Bernama) — The northern Indian state of Rajasthan has an ambitious plan to build a 20,000 km road network and wants Malaysian firms to participate in the projects.
The plan, to be executed through public-private partnership (PPP) mode, was announced during the state’s 2014-15 Budget. The first phase of 29 packages will comprise of 8,910 km or 132 highways.
“We are really keen to have the investments from Malaysia,” Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said during her bilateral meeting with Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed on the sidelines of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit 2015 here today.
Also present at the 10-minute meeting was Malaysian High Commissioner Datuk Naimun Ashakali Mohammad.
Vasundhara, who expressed hope the venture would pave the way for many fruitful relationships, also invited Malaysia to be a partner country for the state’s largest investor meet, Resurgent...